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Let The Races Begin!
Candidates file nominating petitions
for election season.
I
n the Aug. 3 Primary, Michigan
voters will narrow the races for the
Nov. 2 General Election. The filing
deadline was May 11.
Candidates for selected races within
the JN readership area follow:
U.S. Congress
• 8th District — Lansing extending
to the north Oakland County com-
munities of Holly, Groveland, Brandon,
Oxford, Addison, Rose, Springfield and
Independence townships and part of
Orion Township
Republican: Mike Rogers, incumbent,
of Brighton
Democrat: Kande Nglamulaume of
East Lansing
• 9th District — Pontiac, Lake Angelus,
Keego Harbor, Sylvan Lake, Orchard
Lake, Farmington, Farmington Hills,
Franklin, Bingham Farms, Beverly
Hills, Birmingham, Berkley, Royal
Oak, Clawson, Troy, Bloomfield Hills,
Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills,
West Bloomfield Township, Oakland
Township, most of Waterford Township
and part of Orion Township
R: Paul Welday, Andrew Raczkowski,
both of Farmington Hills; Richard D.
Kuhn of Waterford; Anna Janek of West
Bloomfield Township
D: Gary Peters, incumbent, of
Bloomfield Township
• 11th District — western Wayne County
and the Oakland County communi-
ties of Highland, White Lake, Milford,
Commerce, Lyon and part of Waterford
townships as well as Walled Lake,
Wolverine Lake, Wixom, Novi, South
Lyon, Milford and part of Northville
R: Thaddeus McCotter, incumbent, of
Livonia
D: Natalie Mosher of Canton
• 12th District — much of Macomb
County plus Southfield, Lathrup Village,
Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Royal Oak
Township, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Hazel
Park, Madison Heights and part of Royal
Oak
R: Donald Cecil Volaric of Clinton
Township
D: Sander Levin, incumbent, of Royal
Oak, Mike Switalski of Roseville
Governor
R: Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard
of Birmingham, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra
of Holland, Attorney General Mike Cox
of Livonia, Ann Arbor businessman Rick
Snyder and state Sen. Tom George of
Kalamazoo County
D: House Speaker Andy Dillon of
Redford Township and Lansing Mayor
Virg Bernero
The governor serves a four-year term.
Oakland County Board of
Commissioners
• District 5 — Lake Angelus, Keego
Harbor, Sylvan Lake, parts of Waterford
and West Bloomfield townships
R: John Scott, incumbent, and James F.
McCarthy, both of Waterford Township
No Democrat filed.
• District 9 — Novi, Novi Township,
part of Northville
R: Kim T. Capello, incumbent, of Novi;
Kathy Crawford and Jeffrey Bowdell,
both of Novi
No Democrat filed
• District 20 — Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, parts of Troy and
Bloomfield Township
R: David Potts, incumbent, of
Birmingham; David L. Wisz and E.
Lynne Risdon, both of Birmingham
D: Daniel J.K. Murray of Bloomfield
Hills
• District 23 — most of Southfield
D: Ronald R. James, Nancy L. Quarles,
John E. Reeves and Tim Wirkus, all of
Southfield
No Republican filed
Incumbent Democrat Eric Coleman of
Southfield is seeking a state House seat.
• District 25 — Ferndale, Hazel Park,
part of Royal Oak
R: Richard Parisi of Hazel Park
D: Craig Covey of Ferndale and Ruel
E. McPherson of Hazel Park
Incumbent Democrat David Coulter
of Ferndale is running for state Senate.
A key responsibility of the 25-member coun-
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State Senate
• District 13 — Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak, Clawson,
Madison Heights, Troy and Bloomfield
Township
R: John Pappageorge, incumbent, of
Troy, Roi Chinn of Bloomfield Hills and
David Kniffen of Troy
D: Aaron Bailey of Royal Oak
State House
• District 26 — Royal Oak, Madison
Heights
R: Ken Rosen and William A. Shaw,
both of Royal Oak
D: Kevin K. McLogan and Jim
Townsend, both of Royal Oak
Incumbent Democrat Marie Donigan
of Royal Oak is not seeking re-election.
• District 14 — Farmington,
Farmington Hills, Southfield, Franklin,
Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills, Lathrup
Village, Southfield Township, Berkley,
Huntington Woods, Oak park, Royal Oak
Township, Pleasant Ridge, Ferndale and
Hazel Park
D: State Rep. Vincent Gregory of
Southfield, County Commissioner David
Coulter of Ferndale, Howard Worthy,
Anthony Stafford McDonald and Derhun
Daniel Saunders, all of Southfield
R: Michael A. Peters of Farmington
Hills and James M. Hardin of Southfield
Incumbent Democrat Gilda
Jacobs is term limited.
• District 35 — Southfield
R: Michael Weinenger of Southfield
D: Eric Coleman of Southfield and
Rudy Hobbs of Lathrup Village
Incumbent Democrat Vincent Gregory
is running for state Senate.
• District 15 — Holly,
Rose, Highland,
White Lake,
Milford, Lyon,
Commerce and
West Bloomfield
townships and
Orchard lake, Walled
Lake, Wolverine Lake,
Wixom, Novi and part
of Northville
R: Kerry Bentivolio of
Milford, Mike Kowall of White
Lake Township and John Cyrus Mohi
of West Bloomfield, Alan Stephens of
Milford, Paul Graves of Milford and
Steven Valentini of Novi
D: Tom Crawford of Milford,
Christopher P. Maloney of Northville
and Pam Jackson of Commerce
Township
Incumbent Republican Nancy Cassis
of Novi is term limited.
State senators serve four-year terms.
• District 39 — most of West Bloomfield
Township, Commerce Township,
Wolverine Lake
R: Lois Shulman of West Bloomfield
Township, Albert Clawson of Commerce
Township, David Wolkinson of West
Bloomfield Township and Karl Sipfle of
Commerce Township
D: Incumbent Lisa
Brown of West
Bloomfield Township
• District 43
— Waterford
Township, Lake
Angelus, part of
West Bloomfield
Township
R: incumbent
Gail Haines of Lake
Angelus and Neil
Billington of Waterford
Township
D: Regina Strong Scott of West
Bloomfield Township
• District 44 — Highland, White Lake,
Springfield and Independence town-
ships
R: Eileen Kowall, incumbent, of White
Lake Township and Rick Gutowski of
Clarkson
D: Phil Fabrizio of Highland Township
State representatives serve two-year terms.
The deadline to register to vote in the primary is July 6.
ty commission is to approve the county bud-
get. Commissioners serve two-year terms.
U.S. representatives serve two-year terms.
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The general election is Nov. 2.